{"podcast":{"title":"Books and Boba","slug":"books-and-boba-53035","podcast_index_feed_id":53035,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/booksandboba/","website_url":"https://booksandboba.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/561d51de-e9c6-42aa-804f-ddadf2fa47a8/1473319899artwork.jpg","author":"Potluck Podcast Collective","episode_count":367,"summary":"Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T02:20:24.944933+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035"},"episode":{"title":"#349 - Author Chat w/ Rachel Khong","slug":"349-author-chat-w-rachel-khong","published_at":"2026-04-13T20:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035/349-author-chat-w-rachel-khong","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035","url":"https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/episode/349-author-chat-w-rachel-khong","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/33563746-8fe4-49bf-bf29-b3eb92cda240.mp3","summary":"On this episode, we're very excited to bring you an author chat with Rachel Khong, author of our September 2017 book club pick Goodbye Vitamin (episode 28), to talk about her latest book, My Dear You , a short story collection featuring a genre-spanning stories exploring themes of identity, relationships, and time. From a story about missed connections and a cat that conjures the ghosts of ex-boyfriends, to contemplation of the afterlife both literal and figurative. Follow Lisa at thedreamside.com and check out her new book My Dear You available now on the Books & Boba bookshop ! Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors Support the Books & Boba Podcast by: Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks Purchasing books at our bookshop Rocking our Books & Boba merch Follow our hosts: Reera Yoo ( @reeraboo ) Marvin Yueh ( @marvinyueh ) Follow us: Instagram Twitter Goodreads Facebook The Books & Boba April 2026 pick is The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective Mentioned in this episode: Don't miss an all AAPI production of HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at The Public in NYC The National Asian American Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS brings an all-AANHPI cast to The Public Theater for a decades-spanning saga of Joan of Arc, warring dukes, and the bloody birth of the War of the Roses. Adapted by Stephen Brown-Fried, this is Shakespeare like you've never experienced it. Part 1: Foreign Wars opens with a king dead, an infant on the throne, and a country already coming apart at the seams. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later...and the bloodbath is yet to come. Sim…","meta_description":"On this episode, we're very excited to bring you an author chat with Rachel Khong, author of our September 2017 book club pick Goodbye Vitamin (episode 28…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3504,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/books-and-boba-53035/episodes/349-author-chat-w-rachel-khong/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-and-boba-53035/349-author-chat-w-rachel-khong.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}